Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many off-payroll engagements there were in (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms-length bodies in each of the last five years.
Answered by Claire Perry
In 2012, the Treasury published its Review of the Tax Arrangements of Public Sector Appointees. It began requiring Departments to report on these arrangements in their Annual Reports and Accounts, and to implement tax assurance processes. The Department for Transport’s Annual Reports and Accounts are all available on gov.uk. The off-payroll assurance process for the current financial year is ongoing and final results will be published in the Annual Report and Accounts in June. Data is not available, other than at disproportionate cost, for years prior to 2012, and for those being paid less or who have been engaged to work for less than six months.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2015 to Question 222607, what savings have accrued to the public purse from closure of driving centres in Scotland since 2010-11.
Answered by Claire Perry
I can confirm that £293,667.50 worth of savings have accrued to the public purse from closures of driving test centres in Scotland since 2010-11.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres have been (a) closed, (b) opened, (c) reopened having been previously closed in each (i) Scottish and (ii) English local authority area in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
Answered by Claire Perry
The number of driving test centres that have closed in each of the last five years in England, Scotland and Wales is:
2010/11 – 29
2011/12 – 11
2012/13 – 13
2013/14 – 3
2014/15 – 4
The number of driving test centres that have opened in each of the last five years in England, Scotland and Wales is:
2010/11 – 14
2011/12 – 7
2012/13 – 14
2013/14 – 8
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have closed in Scotland is:
2010/11 – 5
2011/12 – 2
2012/13 – 5
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 1
The number of driving test centres that have opened in Scotland is:
2010/11 – 3
2011/12 – 3
2012/13 – 3
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have closed in England is:
2010/11 – 22
2011/12 – 9
2012/13 – 7
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 3
The number of driving test centres that have opened in England is:
2010/11 – 9
2011/12 – 3
2012/13 – 10
2013/14 – 7
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have closed in Wales is:
2010/11 – 2
2011/12 – 0
2012/13 – 1
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have opened in Wales is:
2010/11 – 2
2011/12 – 1
2012/13 – 1
2013/14 – 0
2014/15 – 0
No driving test centres were reopened at the same property.
Changes have occurred in the number of driving test centres since 2010/11 as a result of the Multi-Purpose Test Centre (MPTC) investment programme.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to close the Airdrie Driving Test Centre.
Answered by Claire Perry
The lease interest in Airdrie Driving test centre is currently being renewed.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres have (a) closed and (b) opened; and how many formerly closed centres reopened in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
Answered by Claire Perry
The number of driving test centres that have closed in each of the last five years in England, Scotland and Wales is:
2010/11 – 29
2011/12 – 11
2012/13 – 13
2013/14 – 3
2014/15 – 4
The number of driving test centres that have opened in each of the last five years in England, Scotland and Wales is:
2010/11 – 14
2011/12 – 7
2012/13 – 14
2013/14 – 8
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have closed in Scotland is:
2010/11 – 5
2011/12 – 2
2012/13 – 5
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 1
The number of driving test centres that have opened in Scotland is:
2010/11 – 3
2011/12 – 3
2012/13 – 3
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have closed in England is:
2010/11 – 22
2011/12 – 9
2012/13 – 7
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 3
The number of driving test centres that have opened in England is:
2010/11 – 9
2011/12 – 3
2012/13 – 10
2013/14 – 7
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have closed in Wales is:
2010/11 – 2
2011/12 – 0
2012/13 – 1
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have opened in Wales is:
2010/11 – 2
2011/12 – 1
2012/13 – 1
2013/14 – 0
2014/15 – 0
No driving test centres were reopened at the same property.
Changes have occurred in the number of driving test centres since 2010/11 as a result of the Multi-Purpose Test Centre (MPTC) investment programme.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for his Department in the last financial year; and how much was paid in agency fees to those companies in that period.
Answered by Claire Perry
In March 2014, the Department began sourcing new temporary workers via Lot 1 and Lot 2 of the Contingent LabourOne Framework. Lot 1, Neutral Vendor Service, is supplied by Capita Business Services (Grades SEO – SCS) and Lot 2, Managed Service Provision, supplied by Brook Street UK Ltd (Grades AA – HEO). It is likely that Capita Business Services sub contract to their agreed supply chain; however, the Department does not hold this information.
The percentage charged by the agency for each worker can vary based on a number of factors; so whilst the Department holds information on the total spend for temporary workers via Contingent LabourOne during the last financial year, it does not hold information on the amount paid in agency fees.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, column 785W, on conditions of employment, what estimate he has made of the number of indirect employees of his Department who are on zero-hour contracts.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
My Department employs no individuals via contingent labour contracts on a zero hour basis.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in his Department have been employed on zero-hour contracts in each of the last two years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The number of direct employees of the Department and its 6 Executive agencies who are on zero hours contracts is 9. All are qualified engineers.
There are no direct employees on zero-hour contracts in the Department's arms length bodies.